Single-delivery match-box.



PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

0. HUNNIOUTT. SINGLE DELIVERY MATCH BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2. 1905.

Inventor,

Attorneys Wlt esses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTQE.

SINGLE-DELIVERY MATCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed November 2,1905. Serial No. 285,663.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES HUNNIGUTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at WVilmington, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Single-Delivery Match-Box, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to single-delivery match-boxes, and has for itsobject to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient device of thischaracter which may be conveniently carried in the pocket and by meansof which the matches may be delivered one at a time through adischarge-opening in the lid or cover of the box.

A further object of the invention is to provide the lid or cover with acentrally-disposed conical extension having an opening formed thereinthrough which the matches are discharged, and, further, to provide aspring-cap for normally closing the discharge-opening.

Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form,proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a match-box constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner ofoperating the box. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1,and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of a match-box, showing amodified form of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The match-box, which may be made in different sizes and shapes andformed of metal or other suitable material, consists of a body portion5, to which is pivoted, as indicated at 6, a lid or cover 7. The cover 7is stamped, punched, or otherwise formed with a central conicalextension 8, which projects a short distance beyond the general plane ofthe top of the cover and is provided with a dischargeopening 9, throughwhich the matches 10 are delivered one at a time when needed. The innerwalls of the extension 8 and cover 7 are curved toward the mouth of thedischargeopening, as shown at 11, so that when the box is inverted theheads of the matches will engage said curved walls, and thereby guidethe matches to the discharge-opening and permit the delivery of a singlematch.

Pivotally mounted on the cover at 12 is a spring-cap, the free end ofwhich is provided with a depression producing a depending lug 13,adapted to engage the discharge-opening and form a closure for the samewhen the match-box is not in use. An intermediate portion of thespring-cap is bowed or curved, as shown at 14, and spaced from the cover7 to form a finger-piece, so that the cap may be conveniently moved toopen and closed positions.

When it is desired to deliver a single match, the spring-cap is moved toopen position and the box inverted, which causes a single match to befed through the discharge-opening and in convenient position to bereadily detached from the box, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

. In Fig. 4 there is illustrated a modified form of cap, in which thefree end thereof is provided with a terminal knob or fingerpiece 15.

It will thus be seen that the matches may be removed from the box one ata time Without the necessity of opening the lid or cover.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A match-boxprovided with a pivoted cover the top of which is formed with a centralconical extension having a dischargeopening formed therein, the interiorwalls of the adjacent portion of the cover being curved toward saiddischarge-opening, and a cap for closing the discharge-opening.

2. A match-box provided with a pivoted cover the top of which is formedwith a central conical extension having a dischargeopening formedtherein, the interior walls of the adjacent portion of the cover beingcurved In testimony that I claim the foregoing as toward saiddischarge-opening, and a springmy own I have hereto aflixed my signaturein 10 cap pivoted to the cover and having its free the presence of twoWitnesses.

end provided With a terminal depression forma ing a depending lug forclosing the discharge CHAS HUNNIOUrl opening, the intermediate portionof the cap Witnesses: being spaced from the cover and bowed out- C. W.SWAIM,

wardly to form a finger-piece. MELVILLE HAYES

